Ireland - Lower secondary school starting age (years)

Lower secondary school starting age (years) in Ireland was 13.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 13.00 in 2021, while its lowest value was 12.00 in 1970.

Definition: Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 12.00
1971 12.00
1972 12.00
1973 12.00
1974 12.00
1975 12.00
1976 12.00
1977 12.00
1978 12.00
1979 12.00
1980 12.00
1981 12.00
1982 12.00
1983 12.00
1984 12.00
1985 12.00
1986 12.00
1987 12.00
1988 12.00
1989 12.00
1990 12.00
1991 12.00
1992 12.00
1993 12.00
1994 12.00
1995 12.00
1996 12.00
1997 12.00
1998 13.00
1999 13.00
2000 13.00
2001 13.00
2002 13.00
2003 13.00
2004 13.00
2005 13.00
2006 13.00
2007 13.00
2008 13.00
2009 13.00
2010 13.00
2011 13.00
2012 13.00
2013 13.00
2014 13.00
2015 13.00
2016 13.00
2017 13.00
2018 13.00
2019 13.00
2020 13.00
2021 13.00

Limitations and Exceptions: The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs